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From Charcoal to Clean Cooking: A Solar-Powered Induction Cooker Solution for Sub-Saharan Africa As the world grapples with the increasing frequency of climate-related disasters, rural areas like Sub-Saharan Africa are bearing the brunt ...

Farewell to Masks After three long years, we finally bid farewell to COVID restrictions and masks at the JICA Internship Program. Our daily lives returned to a sense of normalcy, and we were able to enjoy each other's company without the...

Bringing Safe Drinking Water to Rural Communities Access to safe drinking water is a fundamental human right, yet millions of people around the world still lack access to clean water, especially in remote and rural communities. At our co...

Revolutionizing Solar Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa Access to electricity remains a major challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. In many areas, people do not have reliable access to electricity, which hinders their economic growth and affects t...

Udon, the Unbeatable Japanese Delight for African Interns Are you an African intern in Japan, struggling to find a local dish that you can enjoy? Look no further than udon, the savory and satisfying Japanese noodle dish that has won over...

Meeting Future Business Partners JICA offers an internship program, and we have been utilizing it to host international students. Through this program, we showcase our technologies and products while learning about the challenges faced b...

Sending packages to South Sudan When we were considering sending packages to South Sudan, we received a response from a Japanese shipping company that they did not provide transportation services to South Sudan. However, we have now trie...

KAIZEN We are in Dakar for several missions. One of them is to improve the water purification system. We have added a faucet to make it easier to handle sales. In Japan, we call these improvement activities KAIZEN. KAIZEN is an activity ...

Confirmation of introduction effects We conducted a demonstration project last September on the suburbs of the capital of Burkina Faso using a solar charger that can be connected directly from a solar panel and a lantern with enhanced br...

Collaboration with Public Organizations The purpose of our trip is to expand our private business and approach public projects. Our business partner, Mr. Moutari, met with public institutions in advance to explain our technology and prod...

An emotional reunion We had an emotional reunion with Mr. Mutari in Niger. He graduated from a Japanese university in 2020. He then received a technology transfer at Tsuji Plastics Company, a company with technology useful to his home co...